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The Sound of Herbert von Karajan TITLE: The Sound of Herbert von Karajan (3CD) Portrait of an iconic conductor: He was the world's most popular podium idol - Herbert von Karajan, the "mythical Maestro'. And nearly three decades after his death he tops the pantheon of the classical music world with his legendary recordings. This 3-CD edition brings together great moments in his discography with which Karajan wrote recording history. - Herbert von Karajan is the epitome of the conductor. Who could fail to recognize his profile with it's streamlined shock of hair? Even now, almost three decades since he died at the age of 81 in 1989, the charismatic figure remains an icon.

Herbert von Karajan was the most renowned conductor to emerge from Europe in the post-World War II era – and through fortuitous timing throughout his career, and in spite of controversy that dogged his early years, he was the most recorded conductor of the 20th century, and is likely to remain one of the most visible (and biggest-selling) conductors well into the 21st century. Born in Salzburg and descended from a family of Greek origin with deep roots in Austria – including scholars and physicians in Vienna and Salzburg – he was a music prodigy, playing the piano at three and playing his first recital a year later.

Herbert von Karajan was the most renowned conductor to emerge from Europe in the post-World War II era – and through fortuitous timing throughout his career, and in spite of controversy that dogged his early years, he was the most recorded conductor of the 20th century, and is likely to remain one of the most visible (and biggest-selling) conductors well into the 21st century.

Herbert von Karajan was the most renowned conductor to emerge from Europe in the post-World War II era – and through fortuitous timing throughout his career, and in spite of controversy that dogged his early years, he was the most recorded conductor of the 20th century, and is likely to remain one of the most visible (and biggest-selling) conductors well into the 21st century. Born in Salzburg and descended from a family of Greek origin with deep roots in Austria – including scholars and physicians in Vienna and Salzburg – he was a music prodigy, playing the piano at three and playing his first recital a year later.

Herbert Von Karajan – The Complete Decca Recordings, a limited edition 33 CD box set, features the legendary conductor’s complete recordings for the label for the first time in one concise edition. These recordings best convey the experience of Herbert von Karajan live in the opera house and in concert. Ten of the finest opera recordings of all time, including the Decca-RCA recordings of Tosca and Carmen, are featured. Landmark recordings of Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra, Holst’s The Planets, the Tchaikovsky ballet suites, plus a highlights disc of Adam’s Giselle are also included. Herbert Von Karajan – The Complete Decca Recordings presents these newly remastered recordings in their original sleeves and includes a new extensive essay by Karajan biographer Richard Osborne.

Herbert Von Karajan – The Complete Decca Recordings, a limited edition 33 CD box set, features the legendary conductor’s complete recordings for the label for the first time in one concise edition. These recordings best convey the experience of Herbert von Karajan live in the opera house and in concert. Ten of the finest opera recordings of all time, including the Decca-RCA recordings of Tosca and Carmen, are featured. Landmark recordings of Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra, Holst’s The Planets, the Tchaikovsky ballet suites, plus a highlights disc of Adam’s Giselle are also included. Herbert Von Karajan – The Complete Decca Recordings presents these newly remastered recordings in their original sleeves and includes a new extensive essay by Karajan biographer Richard Osborne.

From Handel to Kurt Weill, from dramatic opera to lounge melody, from romantic Lied to pop song with Elvis Costello, Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter (*1955) is at ease again and again, once and for all, on every stage of the planet, whether it be the Berlin Philharmonic or the most intimate halls. In addition to her numerous appearances in opera, recital or oratorio, she is also hyperactive in the recording field, a delight for music lovers qobuzonauts ! From the top of her velvet voice, clear in the treble, dark in the bass – both registers being of a unique beauty –, capable of the most implausible pianissimos as well as the most thunderous bursts, Anne Sofie von Otter revolutionized a certain somewhat conservative vision of the state of classical singer, if only by not hesitating to escape into the field of pop and variety, not as did a certain famous Italian tenor-who acted rather "for the gallery" – but by bringing actually a different vocal vision in another world. This is indeed a complete artist, and completely unclassifiable, if not in the court of the very, very great.